The Autism Ambassador Scheme's partners will provide you with training and support to undertake the role. This will include:

• Awareness training from qualified and experienced trainers of Autism
• What is Autism?
• Sensory stimulation for autistic individuals
• Reasonable adjustments
• Effective communication
• Listening to personal experiences of living with Autism
• Opportunity to ask questions

On completion of the training you will receive: 

• A certificate recognising you as being an Autism Ambassador.
• Useful links to further information, organisations and professionals for you to share.
• The use of the Autism Ambassador logo. This permission to be reviewed each year with the submission of the self-assessment evaluation.
• Membership of a closed Facebook group to support networking, collaborative working, sharing of ideas and celebrating success.
• Facebook/email updates.
• Access to an annual conference to support Ambassadors to continue to develop their knowledge.

What are 'I Wills'?

'I wills' are about thinking about how you could make a small change to make a big difference for

the individual. Think about:.

• Raising the level of understanding.
• Creating a safe psychological space for autistic people in which their perspectives are listened to and taken seriously.
• Acting on those perspectives to make adjustments on both a general and individual level.

Remember: The smallest of actions can make the biggest difference and you will probably find that others benefit from these actions too!!

Click here for examples (pdf).